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Writing to my brave rather than wicked stepmother
A year ago, when I told people about the death of my stepmother, their response was often odd.
When moths collide
Taking the comfy bra approach to climate change
Taking the comfy bra approach to climate change
The comfy bra approach (CBA) is not what the government should be using for its climate change policy.
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The bargaining needs less wind and more action
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The bargaining needs less wind and more action
Thursday's big wind highlighted my poor emergency preparedness.
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Learning the art of admitting defeat without emojis
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Learning the art of admitting defeat without emojis
When I conceded defeat, it was not gracious.
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A toddler-like tantrum should not be needed
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A toddler-like tantrum should not be needed
Petulance is not pretty. We might laugh out loud at a toddler.
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Showing immense respect and incoherent thinking
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Showing immense respect and incoherent thinking
Hooray for Stuart Nash.
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Saturday night at the movies, sharing ice cream
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Saturday night at the movies, sharing ice cream
If only I had thought of it last week.
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Why are some threatened by the use of te reo?
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Why are some threatened by the use of te reo?
I am 70. A Pākehā woman. I am not likely to become a fluent Māori speaker.
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Woolly thinking about tangled electoral reforms
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Woolly thinking about tangled electoral reforms
Nestled in the bottom of the box there was a cheery note.
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Accepting viruses and our baking shortcomings
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Accepting viruses and our baking shortcomings
Realising I am not genetically superior was a let-down.
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Trying to make official information request add up
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Trying to make official information request add up
It must have been the timing.
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A difficult balancing act for flamingos, ministers
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A difficult balancing act for flamingos, ministers
Balance is often on my mind now I am in my eighth decade.
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A glass half empty on Bill submission claims
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A glass half empty on Bill submission claims
It was the dizzy limit.
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Policy, not fashion, puts callousness on display
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Policy, not fashion, puts callousness on display
Finance Minister Nicola Willis was irked by the interest in her Budget day outfit.
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Fizzing with anger and lancing boils of discontent
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Fizzing with anger and lancing boils of discontent
When the Old School Mate from Feilding phoned to tell me she was looking for a protest, I got it.
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Bowled over by the basic lack of simple civility
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Bowled over by the basic lack of simple civility
I’m dreaming of a new toilet.
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Political dialogue needs more than woolly thinking
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Political dialogue needs more than woolly thinking
It is not always simple to describe your experience to someone who has no easy way to connect with it.
Going high and putting muppets back in their box
Going high and putting muppets back in their box
I can only imagine being like Michelle Obama.
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Limited understanding of screening programme not OK
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Limited understanding of screening programme not OK
Excuses are OK sometimes.
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Quality, autonomy, and everything going brown
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Quality, autonomy, and everything going brown
If the offspring ever get organised enough to write the damning story of my mothering, school lunches are bound to feature.